n. [ W. arwyl funeral; ar over + wylo to weep, or cf. arföl; Icel. arfr inheritance + Sw. öl ale. Cf. Bridal. ] A funeral feast. [ North of Eng. ] Grose. [ 1913 Webster ]
n.
n. (Chem.) A thick oily liquid,
n.;
prop. n. A class sometimes classified as an order.
a. [ L. larvalis ghostly. See Larva. ] (Zool.) Of or pertaining to a larva. [ 1913 Webster ]
‖prop. n. pl. [ NL. See Larval. ] (Zool.) An order of
a. [ L. larva mask. ] Masked; hence, concealed; obscure; -- applied in medicine to doubtful cases of some diseases;
a. [ L. larvatus bewitched. See Larva. ] Masked; clothed as with a mask. [ 1913 Webster ]
pos>n. [ Named after the Swedish Zoologist,
n. [ L. parvus little + animus mind. ] The state or quality of having a little or ignoble mind; pettiness; meanness; -- opposed to
prop. n. (Hinduism) The wife of
n. The act of starving, or the state of being starved. [ 1913 Webster ]
☞ This word was first used, according to Horace Walpole, by Henry Dundas, the first Lord Melville, in a speech on American affairs in 1775, which obtained for him the nickname of Starvation Dundas.
“Starvation, we are also told, belongs to the class of 'vile compounds' from being a mongrel; as if English were not full of mongrels, and as if it would not be in distressing straits without them.” Fitzed. Hall. [ 1913 Webster ]